The Magic Cup King's Court occupies an extremely large area, which is not inferior to any large human city. The large lake used to cover up outside basically belongs to the city. However, apart from the core elf castle, the tree houses of ordinary green elves are not so tightly built, and they look like villas with their own flower gardens or orchards.
There are also alchemy shops, forging rooms, taverns, arsenals and other buildings inside the Elven Court, but there is no trading market. The currency of the elves is a leaf carved like emerald, engraved with the shape of the magic cup king's court.
However, this currency is only used in a small number of shops in alchemy shops and forging rooms. Most of the transactions between elves are barter. As long as they can exchange for what they need, the elves don't care about letting them A fellow countryman took advantage.
The forging process of the elves is excellent. The swords and armors are not only exquisite in appearance, but also of high quality, and the alchemy potions and magic scrolls are even more refined. If these things are placed in the human world outside, then all of them are treasures and can be sold for a very high price.
Regardless of the feud between the Jondals Kingdom and the Jondal elves, in fact, many human caravans venture into the forest every year to seek business with the Magic Cup Court.
The Elven Court is vast and sparsely populated, but compared to the population of elves in other forests, the Magic Cup King's Court already counts a lot. There are more than 15,000 green elves and a small number of moon elves in the entire city. If you count the moon elves outside the forest, the population exceeds 22,000.
A population of more than 20,000 in human society is a drop in the bucket, but elves are different. Even in the period of great elf civilization, 22,000 elves can be regarded as a small kingdom.
The elves have strong individual abilities. As long as there is a forest, they don't worry about survival. Due to the long lifespan of elves, most individuals practice martial arts and magic, and they are equipped with sophisticated weapons. Their military strength is generally at the level of human knights or elite archers, and there are also many magicians and druids.
Twenty or thirty laborers in human society may be able to support a professional soldier. If it is a well-trained elite archer and armored knight, then at least a hundred laborers are needed to support them. From this point of view, the force of the Magic Cup King's Court is actually not bad at all. If they come out in full force, the current Jondas Kingdom is no match at all.
Qin Lun wandered around on the gravel paths extending in all directions in the royal city, observing the customs of the elves while looking for the information he lacked. After talking with Prince Corus, he has realized that there is still some kind of change hidden in the current main plot, and it is this change that has pushed the mission that should have only been at the major level to a whole level.
Perhaps with the strength of the fortress team, they can still handle this lieutenant colonel-level mission, but Qin Lun has a faint feeling that he must find out the hidden secrets inside, and can't let it be hidden, otherwise the lieutenant-colonel-level mission may become more difficult.
This is not a game. The butterfly effect brought by the apostles has been working. The difficulty of the mission plot line will not remain the same. If it reaches the critical point that the fortress team cannot handle, it will be too late.
Qin Lun looked around and watched the lush scenery on both sides of the road. In the area where the roots of the world tree reach, other plants are difficult to get nutrients, but the elves obviously have a way to deal with it.
They set aside some sunny areas from the royal court, moved the soil from the forest outside into the royal court, and then put an insulating layer underneath, and planted various flowers and fruit trees. Although these plants do not grow tall or large, they are enough for ornamental purposes and fruit consumption.
In addition to the elf tree house, and these flower gardens and orchards that can be seen everywhere in the elf court, another kind of building or venue is the arena. It is said to be an arena, but it is actually a place where elves usually practice martial arts and archery.
As for the practice places of mages, of course they will not be in the residential areas of elf civilians. They usually open up places with protective shields for themselves and their disciples to prevent powerful spells from damaging the surrounding environment.
Most of these arenas, which are only used for martial arts and archery training, are very large. The 50-step to 80-step archery range suitable for human archers does not meet the requirements of elf archers at all.
(A step in ancient times refers to twice the distance between the two feet when walking, which is about five feet in the old system, and about 1.7 meters now.)
The eyesight of elves far surpasses that of humans, and the elf longbows they make are also very sophisticated. In addition, most elves have a good affinity for wind elements, and their range generally reaches 200 to 300 steps. A few high-level archers who can add magic to their arrows, given them a legendary longbow made of keel bones, can even reach seven or eight hundred steps away, comparable to super snipers in modern society.
At this time, the sun had just risen from the southeast, and the warm sunlight was scattered in the emerald green city of the elf king, bringing the dewy reflections of the stars. The fresh and moist air is refreshing, and most arenas have a few elves doing morning exercises. Even some young elves, who have not yet grown up, are babbling and shouting in the shadow of swords and swords.
The elves don't know how to farm and raise animals. Their food source comes entirely from forest production and hunting, except for a small amount of melons and fruits grown. Nectar, wild fruits, bird eggs, brook fish, birds and beasts, the abundant production of Jondal Forest is enough to feed more than 20,000 elves.
This race is not as greedy as humans. In addition to meeting the most basic needs of life, they even try their best to protect the animals and plants in the forest. Perhaps this is also the root cause of their longevity and low reproductive rate under the evolution of nature. Too many people and no production, the forest will be unbearable.
Qin Lun wandered around the royal city for half a circle, but found no information worth paying attention to, and felt a little lazy in his heart. He was not a diligent person in the first place. Seeing a circle of elves surrounded by the edge of a certain large arena, he immediately walked forward with great interest.
Seeing his approach, the onlookers immediately moved out of the way, and some of the elves bowed down politely. Of course, these elves didn't know him, they only knew that the clothing logo on Qin Lun represented the royal family.
When he entered the city yesterday, the young man was covered in blood, and now the clothes he was wearing were brought by the castle guards. The elves living in the castle, even if they are just knight guards, have royal symbols on their costumes, which also represent the purest elf bloodlines, a class that ordinary elves should look up to.
Qin Lun lazily leaned against the fence of the arena, looked into the arena, and immediately understood why there were so many onlookers here.
In this huge arena, there are only a few people at this time, and they are engaged in a real martial arts contest. The two sides are four elf rangers and a woman, um, a woman, not a female elf.
This woman is dressed as a mercenary, her long purple hair is tied into a ponytail, she wears a silk shirt on her upper body, a sleeveless leather armor, a pair of iron bracers and fingerless snares on her wrists, and a wide linen on her lower body Trousers and long leather boots, with a black cloth belt tied around his waist, his actions carried a toughness that is not inferior to a man.
The contest between the five of them may have been going on for a while, and the four elf rangers who besieged her were all panting with exhaustion, but the female mercenary was calm and composed, but a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she seemed to be able to do a job with ease. Against the background, she looks like a heroic Valkyrie.
"Human mercenary?" Qin Lun murmured softly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes began to swim among the crowd, like a cat smelling fish.
He quickly found the companions who seemed to belong to the side of the female mercenaries among the onlookers. They were a few unremarkable mercenaries. There were about six or seven people in this group, male and female, both human and elf. Their costumes are similar to those of the elven mercenaries possessed by Qin Lun, and perhaps their identities should be similar.
"Ordinary mercenaries, or another team of apostles? It seems that there is no leisure time... If you rely on your blood relationship to seek refuge with King Testier, can you get rid of this trouble in advance!" Qin Lun touched his nose, a flash of light flashed in his eyes cold mans.
The world of Toril is a world of missions with a huge background. It is not surprising that a second team of apostles appeared in the Court of the Devil's Cup. If it was normal, Qin Lun would not mind the emergence of competitors, but the current fortress team is too weak, and if there are any more competitors, it will be even more difficult for him. Of course, it is best to eliminate them as soon as possible.
Qin Lun's gaze swept across these mercenaries one by one inadvertently, and when he saw one of the elf archers, his whole body froze suddenly.
"It's over, thank you for accompanying me in my morning exercise!" At this moment, the female mercenary's somewhat proud words came from the arena.
Qin Lun looked up, just in time to see the female mercenary's whole body glowing with flame-like golden battle energy, and she flew towards the four elf rangers. This strong fighting spirit that distorted the air stretched behind the female mercenary, and instantly turned into two pairs of somewhat exaggerated fighting spirit wings.
The huge battle light wings spanned half of the arena, making the female mercenary look like a beautiful golden butterfly. Faced with the female mercenary, the expressions of the four elf rangers changed drastically, and they scrambled and spread out to both sides.
It's just that their movements were still not quick enough, they were touched by the tip of the butterfly's wings, and immediately smashed around like four human-shaped cannonballs, and two of them even smashed the fence of the arena to pieces. Fortunately, the strength of these four elf rangers is not bad. They clasped their arms and moaned for a while before getting up on their own.
"Flamingo?! How could it be her? Damn it, it's a small probability event!" Qin Lun covered his face and subconsciously hid from the crowd next to him. When he reacted, the other party probably didn't recognize his current appearance. I was relieved.
At this time, he was very fortunate to have changed into the costume of the elf royal family, otherwise, if he was still dressed as a mercenary, the other party would probably recognize him as an apostle sooner or later.
Qin Lun turned around and left without looking back, and didn't look at those mercenaries again. There are many other martial skills similar to "Flamingo", but he thinks that he can never mistake the woman's identity because of the light yellow longbow carried by another elf archer who is watching.
As a dark gold weapon that he sold with his own hands, how could Qin Lun fail to recognize the strong woman who died under his hands, Qing Ming's professional equipment—the hunting bow of the beast king!
Based on the correspondence between the two, the identity of the female mercenary is very clear. She must be the high-ranking apostle who has guided Qin Lun, the lost deputy leader—Kelly!